Brilliant veneer



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F. KOSKUL.

BRILLIANT VENERE.

Patented Nov. 20, 18834.

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i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

FREDERICK IrosxUL, or sr. LOUIS, MIssoURI.

BRILLIANT VENEEVR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,712, dated November 20, 1,883.l Application filed March 26, 1883. (Specimens.)

T aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK KosIiUL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, county of St. Louis, `and State marked thereon, forming a part of the same,

in which- Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating my im proved `ornamental brilliant veneer, presenting to the eye of the observer a granularformed or sanded-like brilliant ground, the unequal or broken or irregular surface of which ground is sunken from the face-surface of the veneer-sheet, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same in the line w x of Fig. 1, except that one portion ofthe veneersheet, as a2 in said section, represents a carved or intaglio surface, all other face portions of the veneer-sheet in said section being plane surfaced. Fig. 3 is a plan view of my improved preceding gures, and Fig. 6 is a vertical section in the line z z of Fig. 5.

In Fig. 1, A indicates a portion of a wooded veneer-sheet, parts of which have been sawed or cut out by sawing or cutting through the sheet, and leaving only a border portion, as c,

and interior portions, as a', in the form of leaves-for example, as an ornamental iigure for my ornamental brilliant veneer-and these leaves may all'be either plane surfaced, as indicated ata inFig. 2, or with raised and carved or intaglio surfaces, as indicated at a2 in Fig. 2. The veneer-sheet thus far, as composed of the border a a a, leaves a a a2, and

stem f, is then, upon its rear side, glued to a board backing B. (Shown in section in Fig. 2.) This backing may be a table-top, or it may be a plane-faced surface of a sideboard or a desk, or an escritoire, or any other proper surface to which itis desired to apply my ornamental brilliant veneer. This done, I then, within the border a a a and around the edges `of the Y leaves a aaz and stem f, iill in the ground of my improved veneer, which groundwork in Figs. 1 and 2 is indicated in solid lines of a great variety of irregular forms, andlettered y; This ground g is composed of brilliant particles of matter-such, for instance, as pearl-shell, iine grains of metal, as brass, or ores, as galenaand, in fact, with small particles of varieties of either metal oriridescent mineral and iridescent calcareous substances in granular condition, each presenting a brilliant appearance to theeye, and all of which are mixed with some adhesive substance-as shellac, or a like transparent substance-to retainthein in position, a coloringpigment being added, if desired. This ground g, as will be observed in Figs. 1 and 2, presents a surface which is not flush with the face-surface of the veneer-sheet, but is sunken back therefrom, as shown in Fig. 2, and presents a brilliant uneven or Vgranular surface appearance, and from which groundthe ornamental figures, as a a2 and border a, stand out in relief, as indicated in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 3 a veneer-sheet is indicated by A', the same having a border, asa?, and interior ornamental coniigurations, as a", as indicated, and connected together and with the border a3, as shown, all other portions of the origi- .nal intact thin sheet of wood having been sawed or cut out to form said border and coniigurations. In this example of my ornamental brillant veneer the ground g is in composition the same as above described with In Figs. 5 and 6 a veneer-sheet, A2, of thin metal is utilized in lieu of athin sheet of wood, and in which g indicates the described brilliant sition upon any desired article of furniture, or

in any proper place, and in such case thebrilliant ornamentation g will be placed against the foundation, saine as were a wooden backing, B, used. Vhen this last mode of construction is adopted, it will be seen that my improved brilliant veneer may be manufactured so as to be sold as an article of manufacture in the trade.

It is obvious that instead of sawing or cut- 'ting entirely out portions of a veneer-sheetin order to form ornamental conigurations, as c a* a5, such configurations may be made by sufficiently cutting out portions only of the veneer-sheet,without cutting through said sheet, in which case the brilliant ornamentation g will be made to occupy the place of the cut-out portions of the veneer-sheet,while at the same time the uncut back surface of the veneer-sheet will serve as a backing for the veneer, to which backing glue may be applied, in order to fix the veneer in its desired permanent place or position. I however regard the mode described and shown as preferable, in order to produce an attractive and cheap brilliant veneer. In practice the ornament maybe formed of brilliant material and the groundwork of Wood, metal, &c.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Aveneer provided with depressions of ornamental configuration, in which a brilliant groundwork or ornaments-such as pearlshell, granulated metal or galena, or the like substances bound and held together by a proper adhesive substanceare placed, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A veneer provided with depressions of ornamental configuration, in which a brilliant groundwork or ornaments-such as pearlshell, granulated metal or galena, or like analogous substances-are placed and held united, and with a foundation, as B, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A veneer consisting of and combining open-work sheets of wood,metal, or analogous open-work material, and a filling of brilliant substances 'and cement, which form brilliant ornaments or groundwork, substantially as and for the purpose described.

FREDERICK KOSKUL.

Witnesses:

FRIEDERIOK VEMHOENER, VIRGIL M. HARRIS. 

